The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-11-16
INDIANS OF ALASKA
TM's sy Treated b. -
Ae'r Wonderful Iu me Governments


Their Wonda~"' by the Governmant
u Initiative Power.
lea Miss Kate Field, the val,
AIaslla er and writer, ret,, mell1kn a
porf faa recently. To Chrls,lo,I ron
co, Alaska is a deen,r
treated IL ana it has been shs Vr esting
ment ~ me United States GnIy
country ~ United States acou Gode III
1915 i went twenty Years AGO and nIe - '4 70
that I = was under militar13I rr Inu up to
t A.. was Withdrawn. and fa RUE linen
ana Ie was no Governn,n,nr4i zen years
the a TEen now the Probate C %naLeVer;
bara GSnLted States Comm; ss; Gourt ana
II thay o. called that. Thi sSi i can
viii people there, eitba, I T. noC just
cites cites When the conn t, 1n 1pl or
that i was distinctly ~ was pur,,
.IiaC schools were to ho ~ understood
oLe education of the Tnd; 1s1aollsned for
twenty vear 10Y after the lapse Of
buiIdi1G snbsoi they are only taIkino Of
kind of naaS]S indians are a difraron+
and tba People from the indians 49, ~
stood W.; government has never nn nIa =
stead IF %it ~ whom it had to deal Ii'u IT.
its care y me Indians improving - ,,nd in-
towards ' ad,t nothing has been done
become 'ettauc;atln1g them, thew have
tact Will utterly demoralized Nv con-
larIv H. ~ me Whites. This is rart;,,,,
GoTor sne case with the women. - NJ ~
mnrsi; nli1ehC IS responsible fDr tbis 10
marIn 'LaIion' The natives ara ~
but I'LL ingenious and would ranriro
zens uainlhg to become GOOD AZ "ito
there az az can earn a living So easiIr
Thar ou9C there is no hard 10y |
A. nAVe but to cast the in, "orA' |
or Il th ana are supplied Win fs ~.
10 take ~ want game, thev have bntt !
I'd 1ake tie gun and tbev co n"'o pu{ !
rney WISH. The natives 49, ron geC al
i; 80 a Aaole powers of in;tatior n'009 r re-
j o oome q their work" and Ms F Me[e
cn11M 5he reporter some Of tho leu ielu
O - during her trim '-0 ourlos 5
~ explain what thdv oo,,1 q
ssrn o,.r Miss Field exhih;t ~ as
ms nd h silver band which sho Ian an |;
1pon ner arm, the engraving If V ,' wore $
80, work of skill. The c ~ mnicn q
~ Prlses closely woven mas oir u5;+L y
go. .,1,.; pattern worked in than mi'm 8
,u;rlously carved ''totumsn ~ q anu aS
asIoIies, which, Miss Field so;d am" aty o.
'uIslde the Indian huts to fba /; sIooa
DDrty or fifty feet one ren en- mtgnc OF
"a history Of the fathers si IA oSe 81
n II and the other tba III ~ me 49,
u Gne natives belong TO tha Pn s. e.
.ass family, and the no,, Deal or ~,
aasEo inquire on the totum il ait III nuosC s SEl
ay.ie or bear. The colIect;nn a an r.
uses also miniature CANOES &c 0o IN e.,
Iaskan and Chinook patterns 90. - me Oh
ne fattles carried By the .,trodi hlGil- ~.
en' shepherds pii,e, ike ~ a ~ "'
eu Dy peasant tn ono of w TnaO car 81 e.
astorals; native drums and to %oIeaus t h.,
ana of Ii baskets; a ladle in the ser
III = an eagle; a stone scoopino0 du,
IL 81, Nh whlch the natives formerfv fee
ino Ia la1 vnslt canoes' ice native gam car
- 1tffisirty pieces fus
ea,.n -J sssiFsSckywood; strange loo
oarveu wooden spoons, some If the
i 4c are over 200 years old; charms fus,
80 shape q fishes, and MANY othor ond
!ccts Of interest. o'iier o onJ
Chllcat blanket was shown Ivo :
n rleid, upon which is related IT, ono
.:,,re history of the tribe. Everv Il
iIIaC woman possesses one of tbesa hole
II u Il "nlch are woven of the LITE
q "a tne mountain sheep, and take exc;
~ URGE months patient labor to feet
ke. The dyes with which the into
nKet IS colored are obtained from to h
~ ana the natives have q varietv a or
them from which they obtain MANI The
Prs and with which they dive their saw
kafs and other work. They have bone
adopted aniline dyes, however, tone
/, this, in Miss Fields opinion spec
Jed their work from an artistic butt,
1t of view. ''''i0 tbar,
show the peculiar initiative now. foun,
Of the Indians, Miss Field exhibit of BIN
nat woven of straw in the Chi to sh
iasilloh' winch had been copied burie
ne natives from the hats worn hv II
Chlnese brought over to Alaska bv one o
7. Meares many years ago. A earth
y otlcers cap, initiated in straw. his III
also shown. II
ending the interview. Miss Field citedl
that the Government should do he set
ethlng Tor Alaska, for the natives II
not 2 people to be despised. to claim
nothing OF the whites there. She The
lot care To express an opinion in more
rd to the Asiatic origin of the anoth
kan Indians, but she said that IN found
mind there was no doubt that One
nese Junks had been wrecked on forum
oast and that there was a strain coins
apanese blood running tbronoh taking
alive race.-SQn Francisco Chr0n- a gray
viii ha
-----a- - gold. 5
AN Anecdote ofVerli. ~ II,